US 12,250,486 B2
Imaging apparatus and electronic device
Eiichi Nakamoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/926,316
Filed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/023046
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/261375, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-109366 (JP), filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254607 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/78 (2023.01) [H04N 25/772 (2023.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
a plurality of pixels respectively including a photoelectric conversion element;
a column amplifier circuit that obtains a difference between a reset component and a signal component input from each of the pixels through a signal line and outputs the difference as a pixel signal;
a capacitance circuit that holds the pixel signal input from the column amplifier circuit; and
a successive approximation register analog-to-digital conversion circuit that converts an analog signal input from the capacitance circuit into a digital signal.